Wiktionary:Votes/pl-2016-02/Trivia

Trivia

Voting on: Removing a few words from WT:EL#Anagrams and other trivia:

Other sections with other trivia and observations may be added, either under the heading “Trivia” or some other suitably explanatory heading.

The final result should be:

Other observations may be added, under the heading “Trivia”.

Rationale:

• Disencouraging the creation of new, undiscussed trivia headings. Suppose someone wants to add in the entry: "'Foo' is the only word in the language X that has 'oo' in it." Regardless of the merits of that information, arguably it should be kept in the "Trivia" section, not in a new section called "Vowel count", "Orthographical properties" or any other name.
• Minor edit: Shortening the text. Using less words to say "Other sections with other trivia and observations".

Schedule:

• Vote starts: 00:00, 19 February 2016 (UTC)
• Vote ends: 23:59, 19 March 2016 (UTC)

• Vote created: --Daniel Carrero (talk) 04:20, 11 February 2016 (UTC)

Discussion:

• Wiktionary:Beer parlour/2016/February#“Trivia” or some other suitably explanatory heading
• Wiktionary talk:Votes/pl-2016-02/Trivia

Support

1. Support --Daniel Carrero (talk) 01:08, 19 February 2016 (UTC)
2. Support —Μετάknowledge^{discuss/deeds} 01:10, 19 February 2016 (UTC)
3. Support I don't think we should be permitting arbitrary headings in general. Could complicate any future transition to a more semantic/database-type format. Equinox ◑ 02:49, 19 February 2016 (UTC)
4. Support. Ultimately I'd even get rid of the Trivia sections. - -sche (discuss) 03:20, 19 February 2016 (UTC)
5. Support as a step forward, even if not the best ultimate outcome. --WikiTiki89 16:20, 19 February 2016 (UTC)
6. Support — I.S.M.E.T.A. 01:51, 20 February 2016 (UTC)
7. Support embryomystic (talk) 04:57, 29 February 2016 (UTC)
8. Support -Xbony2 (talk) 01:15, 14 March 2016 (UTC)
9. Support. Andrew Sheedy (talk) 06:16, 18 March 2016 (UTC)

Oppose

1. Oppose "Other observations" is too vague. This, that and the other (talk) 01:16, 19 February 2016 (UTC)

   What do you think would be an improvement? -Xbony2 (talk) 17:42, 14 March 2016 (UTC)

Decision

• Passed (90%-10%) --Daniel Carrero (talk) 00:03, 21 March 2016 (UTC)
  • Edited WT:EL accordingly. Also, if no one minds, I've split the "Anagrams and other trivia" section into "Anagrams" and "Trivia" sections. --Daniel Carrero (talk) 00:05, 21 March 2016 (UTC)